Mahinda Rajapaksa Sworn In As New Prime Minister At Presidential Secretariat

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken oaths as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Asian Mirror reliably learns.

a host of MPs of the Joint Opposition and SLFP '15 group' including former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera, S.B. Dissanayake, Thilanga Sumathipala, Janaka Tennakoon and C.B. Ratnaike were present at the occassion.

The former President has taken oaths at the Presidential Secretariat, before President Maithripala Sirisena.